Laurence Tribe- Trump Must Be Impeached

[n2doc]

By Laurence H. Tribe May 13 at 3:01 PM
Laurence H. Tribe is Carl M. Loeb University Professor and Professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard Law School.

The time has come for Congress to launch an impeachment investigation of President Trump for obstruction of justice.

The remedy of impeachment was designed to create a last-resort mechanism for preserving our constitutional system. It operates by removing executive-branch officials who have so abused power through what the framers called “high crimes and misdemeanors” that they cannot be trusted to continue in office.

No American president has ever been removed for such abuses, although Andrew Johnson was impeached and came within a single vote of being convicted by the Senate and removed, and Richard Nixon resigned to avoid that fate.


Now the country is faced with a president whose conduct strongly suggests that he poses a danger to our system of government.

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[SunSeeker]

1. K & R

[ProudProgressiveNow]

2. K&R nt

[red dog 1]

3. Kick for exposure

Lawrence Tribe is absolutely right!

Too bad there are no "checks & balances" anymore, since the GOP now controls all three branches of the U.S. Government.

Neither Eddie Munster nor McTurtle will ever agree to impeachment, so tRump is free to continue destroying our country...piece by piece, and there's nothing the Democrats in Congress can do about it, since they are in the minority in both houses of Congress.

(God help us all)

[Kablooie]

4. And if the Republicans refuse to impeach they must be impeached themselves.

[TomCADem]

5. Trump Is Not Going To Be Impeached With Republicans Controlling Congress.

Is it technically possible? Yes. However, why would Republicans impeach Trump when doing so would throw a wrench in their drive to cut benefits, environmental regulations, and taxes? It is a fantasy to think that a Republican controlled Congress would impeach Trump.

[Alice11111]

6. Many of the Repubs are up to their necks too, plus

the overwhelming control they have.

25th Amendment. Then, they can all CYA and blame it all on DT & Flynn.

Anyone is better than DT, but we have to go through herds of Repubs to get to an honest and rational one.

[Susan Calvin]

19. we have to go through herds of Repubs to get to an honest and rational one.

Ain't that the simple truth.

[Martin Eden]

10. Pence wouldn't pursue the policies you cited?

I think most Rethugs in congress would rather have Pence than the unpredictable orangutan. Whether or not they appoint a special prosecutor or go the impeachment route is entirely a matter of political considerations.

[dalton99a]

7. Kick.

[rockfordfile]

8. Yes he should be impeached.

[Goodheart]

9. He's not only a "danger to our system of government", Mr. Tribe.

He's a danger to life on this planet.

[joshdawg]

11. Pence won't be any better.

republicans will still ram their agenda down America's throat whether there is a lunatic in the W.H. or a religious zealot. It won't matter.
What needs to happen is that because of the collusion with Russia, the whole election should be thrown out and Clinton be installed as POTUS. I know, I know, that won't happen, but it is the only way to restore sanity to the Government of the United States.
just sayin'.

[n2doc]

12. You are asking for the constitution to be tossed out

Won't happen.

[joshdawg]

13. I believe I said that it wouldn't happen.

But it would be kinda nice if it did.

[Qutzupalotl]

16. Mensch's sources are saying Pence and Ryan are also implicated

and Orrin Hatch is getting security briefings in the event he becomes president.

[joshdawg]

20. hatch, pence, ryan, drumpf, it won't matter.

We're fucked!

[Madam45for2923]

14. Perfect! This is our working orders now.

[Crash2Parties]

15. Brilliant if unplanned move by the GOP

- Scream for most of a decade about how the President needs to be impeached, but based on completely ridiculous reasons. That way, when their man is in power, everyone is so inoculated against the call for impeachment that it's simply assumed by most Americans to be hyperbolic, irrational whining.

Except this time, it isn't. But it is going to be harder to get the masses riled up b/c of the false calls for "Impeachment" since Obama took office. Most who don't really pay attention now simply assume it's nothing more than partisan ranting and ignore it.

[n2doc]

18. It serves other purposes as well

https://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/05/14/what-if-hes-not-idiot

We aren't talking about anything else......

[Crash2Parties]

21. That's a "gift" people like him have - keeping everything chaotic

[dchill]

17. K&R.